Natalie 'Nadya' Suleman is opening up about her personal life after welcoming the world's first surviving octuplets and gaining media attention. Despite stepping away from the spotlight in 2013, she has been documenting her family life on social media, sharing a glimpse at her dynamic with her kids.
She will be sharing more with the audience on the Lifetime docuseries 'I Was Octomom' and recently talked to People about one of the things she regrets after welcoming 14 kids. "We are a loving family and we're there for each other. All of my kids are just very humble, grounded, kind people with good hearts," she told the publication.
Natalie revealed that she always wanted to have "a big family." "I wanted kids to create maybe a safe and predictable little world that I lacked growing up. So then, of course, I projected onto my future family," she explained.
"I may have possibly overachieved with kids. I didn't intend on having this many," she said in retrospect. The proud mom had multiple back-to-back rounds of IVF administered. However, Dr. Michael Kamrava implanted her with 12 embryos, despite the recommended standard practice of two.
The mom said she was hoping for "just one more" baby. But Kamrava later admitted to having implanted 12 embryos and was stripped of his medical license. Now, Natalie says she regrets "not suing the infertility doctor."
"I definitely regret that because his insurance would've been the one paying, and it would've been some millions, and it would've been helpful for my family," she detailed. "I regret that I kind of threw myself under the bus to cover for him, and I shouldn't have but I was grateful."
"I wouldn't have had any of my kids if it weren't for his innovative technique. No one else in the world did this type of procedure so I didn't have it in my heart to sue him," she explained to the outlet.